Clean and Green - English Subject Matter Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering environment, transportation, reading concepts, and grammar focus topics from Kalam Kudus JH-2 English Subject Matter.

Recycle

To collect and process used materials so they can be made into new products.

Conserve

To protect something and avoid using too much of it.

Unwanted

Not wanted or not needed.

Strain

Pressure or difficulty caused by having too much of something or not having enough resources.

Resources

Useful things that people need or use, such as water, energy, land, and natural materials.

Reduce

To make something smaller or use less of something.

Biodegradable

Able to break down naturally without causing long-term harm to the environment.

Standard of living

The level of wealth and material goods that people have access to.

Economic growth

The process of a country becoming wealthier.

Prosperity

Wealth.

Industrialization

The process of a country creating more and more factories.

Highly populated

Lots of people living closely together in one place.

Urban

Where lots of people live, such as cities and towns.

Pollutant

The agent causing pollution.

Agricultural

Relating to farming.

Untreated sewage

Dirty water or waste from toilets that has not yet been cleaned in a sewage treatment center.

Dispose of

To get rid of something, especially by throwing it away or putting it somewhere safely.

Built up

Increased or collected gradually over time.

Break down

To separate into smaller parts or change into simpler substances.

Endangers

Puts someone or something in danger.

Incinerated

Burned completely, usually as a way of getting rid of waste.

Emits

Sends out or releases something, such as gas, smoke, or light.

Scale down

To make something smaller or reduce its size, amount, or level.

Come up with

To think of or produce an idea, plan, or solution.

Called for

Needed, required, or officially asked for.

Tram

A vehicle that travels on rails along the streets of a town or city and carries passengers.

Subway

An underground railway system in a city.

Ferry

A boat that regularly carries people or vehicles across a river, lake, or sea.

Monorail

A railway system in which trains travel on a single rail.

Rickshaws

A small vehicle, usually with two or three wheels, used to carry passengers and pulled or driven by a person.

Tube

The underground railway system in London.

Exotic

Unusual and foreign.

Sanctuary

A safe place.

Habitat

An area where an animal lives.

Ruins

The broken parts of a very old building.

Diversion

A different route that you use when the usual route is closed or cannot be used.

Roadworks

Work that is being done to repair or improve a road.

Traffic jam

A long line of vehicles that are moving very slowly or not moving at all.

Determiner

A word that comes before a noun and helps us understand which people/things or how many we are talking about.

Compound adjective

An adjective made from two or more words that work together to describe a noun.

-ing adjective

A participle adjective that describes something that causes a feeling.

-ed adjective

A participle adjective that describes someone or something that experiences a feeling.

Prepositions of movement

Prepositions used to talk about how somebody or something moves, such as into, out of, towards, over, under, along, around, across, and through.

Sentence adverbs

Adverbs used to connect two ideas in separate sentences, show addition, or indicate a contrast.